We have fixed a number of issues with Windows 2000 clients. Microsoft completely rewrote the client network redirector for Windows 2000, and it is quite different over the wire. Make sure the customer is running at least Windows 2000 beta 3 as a client, and you should make sure they are using the correct ONTAP version. Contact Netapp customer support to get information on what to use.

Mark Muhlestein -- mmm@netapp.com

-----Original Message----- From: Itzik (Itzhak) Meirson DSc [mailto:imeirson@xpert.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 10:43 AM To: $netapp Subject: Netapp hang and Security on NT2000b3

One of our customers is doing some evaluations of netapp. While evaluating the new server he was using Windows(NT)2000. He has defined some directories and files on the server from the NT. While/after playing around (setting) with the security features on the just defined files and directories the netapp server will hang. Only reboot of the sever will revive it. The customer claims he can recreate the problem at will. Has anyone encountered such problems. Do any of you have any words of wisdom? The customer dos not like to accept the fact that win2000 is not yet formally supported. he claims that win2000 talks CIFS, and even if MS is doing wrong things at most the filer should complain but for sure not hang... Thanks Itzik